June 29, Staff Report
Police are searching for a woman who allegedly claimed that she was going to blow up a manufacturing building on Skillman Avenue.
The police say that Vernice Brown, 26, phoned the Propper Manufacturing Company, located at 36-04 Skillman Ave.,…
June 29, Staff Report
The police were called to a Woodside warehouse Tuesday after receiving a report that there was a “vicious animal.”
The animal, which was a corn snake, was scooped up by the police from the first floor of 51-26 59th Street at about 10 am,…
June 28, By Michael Florio
Sunnyside residents will be able to party while raise money for a good cause this Thursday.
Road to Greatness (R2G), a newly formed organization that aims to develop after-school programs in Sunnyside and Woodside,…
June 28, By Christian Murray
Preliminary steps are being taken to form a Woodside business association, with the aim of beautifying the Roosevelt Avenue corridor, as well as bringing extra lighting and additional commerce to the strip.
The concept to form a business association followed a public presentation in Woodside last week by the Queens Economic Development Corp.…
June 27, By Christian Murray
Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan, who has represented Sunnyside, Long Island City, Ridgewood and parts of Astoria for more than 30 years, is running for her office again.
Nolan was elected to the Assembly in 1984 and was one of the youngest women to be elected in New York at the time.…
June 24, Staff Report
Two real estate agents who worked for a sketchy Woodside firm have been charged with fraud and grand larceny after allegedly bilking prospective tenants out of their security deposits, agent fees and rental payments on unavailable apartments.…
June 24, By Michael Florio
The Parks Department will be adding three garbage cans outside Lou Lodati Park on a permanent basis following a volley of complaints about a trash problem.
The garbage cans are expected to be added today (Friday) and the plan is for them to be located adjacent to the park in the vicinity of Skillman Ave and 43rd Street,…
June 23, By Michael Florio
A local business owner is calling on the City to help fight litter on 47th Avenue.
Eric Barthels, owner of Cooldown Juice at 39-11 47th Ave., started a petition this week calling for two trash receptacles on the block.…
June 23, Staff Report
The NYPD is asking Sunnysiders for help on a double homicide that has been unsolved for more than a decade.
A handful of flyers have been posted around Sunnyside asking anyone with information on the June 21,…
June 22, By Jackie Strawbridge
A version of the controversial “Move NY” transportation plan, which would redistribute tolls among the City’s bridges and crossings, was introduced in the State Senate earlier this month with a slightly lower Queensboro Bridge fare than has been previously proposed.…